We are excited to give you a team update on what’s happening over here. We had a long 20 hours or so of travel on Tuesday and got here yesterday evening. After trying to get to bed early, we woke up this morning in the town of Vac and the people from Calvary Chapel Vac were gracious to give us a tour of their beautiful town. After lunch, we spent some time with a few refugee boys at a local refugee camp. We wanted to play with them and perform our skit to show them the love of Jesus. We learned a lot from the short time that we had. They couldn’t speak Hungarian or much English, so we did the best we could to spend time with these young people who traveled from the Middle East as young as 11 years old to come find refuge and safety.

Afterwards we came back to the place we are staying and had a time of debriefing.

Pray for us as a lot of us are going through some heavy jet-lag! Thanks much!!

Impact Hungary Missions Trip 2017 Update #2

Budapest Team:

(Alan, Casey, Nick, Emily F., Josh E., Aidan, Faith, & Carly)
Today really was another special day as we were able to minister at another children’s home in Hűvösvölgyi út. What began as some simple coloring activities turned into some deep conversations with young people sharing their stories through translators with our team. It was sad to hear some of the tragic circumstances they are stuck in, but hopefully we were able to share God’s words and not our own. It was a fulfilling time. We know we are only here for a short while but we hope and trust that those we are serving alongside will be able to continue the work knowing it’s the same Spirit who lives in us!

Vajta Team:

(Joe, Benji, Nic, Julia, Donna, Jennie, Emily M., & Kiana)
The team has been doing well working hard to serve those at the edyütt conference that has 300+ people from Golgota Budapest attending. It’s a blessing to be able to serve those who are taking a holiday to come and be refreshed and seek the Lord. Nic was able to lead worship for the midweek service alongside the team there at Vajta. They have also had some time to meet with each other and pray for the team serving in Budapest!

Tomorrow both teams will join together to end the trip over the weekend. Keep us in prayer!

Impact Hungary Missions Trip 2017 Update #1

Budapest Team:

(Alan, Joe, Benji, Nic, Julia, Donna, Jennie, Emily M., & Kiana)
We are so thankful that the Lord answered in providing us some really amazing doors of ministry here in Budapest. After a long travel day from Vajta, we were able to connect with Agi & Judit who are very involved in the ministry here in Hungary as it pertains to young people and children’s homes. We went to a home that they had never been to and it was a very fruitful time. We introduced ourselves, made some crafts, and had some fun with finding ways to cross over language and cultural barriers in order to share the gospel. More on that to come, but until then, all we can say is we need a lot of prayer!

Vajta Team:

(Casey, Nick, Emily F., Josh E., Aidan, Faith, & Carly)
Our team received tasks for the week to accompany the conference center’s staff including housecleaning, dining, and dishes. We served alongside the staff throughout the day and used our down time to bond with each other as a team. We went swimming, participated in Hungarian worship, went for a walk at sunset, and ended the night with a Bible study before we rise early tomorrow to serve in our designated spots! As a team we communicated honestly about the difficulties in serving and encouraged one another to view every moment as an opportunity to honor the Lord.

Our trip is coming to an end!

We made our way over to Calvary Cambridge for Easter Service this morning. It was a wonderful time of worship and the Word. A bunch of our teens were able to encourage the church body with testimonies of what God showed them throughout our week in Cambridge. Calvary Cambridge has such splendid people that are filled with the Holy Spirit and welcoming.

Afterwards, we drove back to Pastor Joey’s house for food, fellowship, and a time of reflection on what God had done through our team. We are praying about how to keep the fire alive and bring the passion back home.

One of our takeaways is to not let other people’s reaction to the work God has done in us determine our passion. Regardless of how react, we need to react to what God has done and let that passion drive us to minister to others!

Please pray for our journey home tomorrow for safe travels. We are excited to see the work continue back home!
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What a day!

It was overcast and cold today, so there weren’t many people in the green of Parker’s Piece. Instead, the market was flooded with people. We decided to take our skit to the marketplace and we saw huge crowds surrounding us to watch! It’s so interesting…that as soon as the name of God is mentioned, people scatter and lose interest…but as we progressed throughout the day, we saw crowds stay as we gave an open door to speak to us about Jesus.

There were so many great conversations that were had. Many people were open, and we saw that many just had never heard the good news of Jesus before. Many just believe that Christianity is about dead religion, and they really don’t realize it’s about the relationship.

As we compile the highlight video, you’ll be able to see exactly what we did and hear testimonies from our team.

At night, we had our youth outreach at the local YMCA. Alan conducted a Q&A panel of teens that were able to share their testimonies, we performed the skit, and Alan delivered a message called “The Verdict”, all about making a decision for Jesus. People were saved and many saints were further sanctified by the watering of the Word. It was really exciting to witness and we all left encouraged and filled with joy.

Thanks for praying, we have been blessed beyond our expectations!! Tomorrow is Easter and we are excited to celebrate the resurrection of our Saviour at Calvary Cambridge!
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Today is Good Friday!!

We joined Pastor Joey and Calvary Cambridge for a 6 hour Good Friday Service that examined the 7 statements of Jesus on the cross. It was a time of prayer, worship, teaching and communion as we commemorated Jesus’ 6 hours he spent on the cross with our time of prayer and fasting.

Later, we went to Parker’s Piece for a beautiful day of evangelism! Great conversations were had and we invited some to the outreach tomorrow.

At night we attended Calvary Cambridge’s Youth Group and had a wonderful time of fellowship and the Word. It was awesome to see our teens encouraging the teens of the UK.

Today was SUCH a blessing!

We rode the bus over to a local public highschool and were able to speak at two different Religious Education classes. Our teens were quizzed on their faith and religious upbringing and they were allowed to speak freely about Jesus! There were a bunch of students at the high school who had some thought provoking questions and it really seemed to resonate with them.

Afterward, we were able to put on our skit we created during lunchtime for any student who wanted to watch. Over 100 teens came to watch us perform and afterwards, both Alan and Pastor Joey were able to speak on the meaning of life. Our entire group was able to follow up with conversations with teens for about an hour. It was amazing! Opportunities like this are UNHEARD OF!! So many great conversations and breaking up fallow ground so we could plant the good seed of the Word of God.

What’s really amazing is to see how many of our group is pressing in and engaged 24/7 in the mission of God. Praying without ceasing, singing songs to the Lord…this is what it’s all about!

Today we began with a team training with Pastor Joey at St. Andrew’s Street Baptist Church, where Spurgeon attended, and fine tuned our outreach skit. We then went to the city square and began performing the skit, playing worship and evangelizing! So many great stories, and many were receptive. Hopefully they will be joining us this weekend! We have been learning to focus on individuals and believe that God can do great things through even one person.

Afterwards, some of our team did a Bible club at a public school and ministered to faithful members and encouraged them. The rest of us evangelized to many up till dinner.

At night, we were invited to share testimonies and the skit at a youth group. This was extremely special as DJ, Aidan, and Joe shared their hearts with the students. I (Alan), followed up afterwards and did not plan on an altar call…until i walked up and saw tears!!! So I gave an opportunity and 5 or 6 or so responded. It was a surreal moment!

Really praying for tomorrow as we will be in a public school all day evangelizing at lunch and in religious education classes. Stay tuned!
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